SDCC ’17: What’s in Our Bags? A Look into a Veteran’s Walkaround Gear
We at The Beat are no strangers to conventions. Years of experience have taught us what is and is not necessary to take on...
June Sales Report: Double digit drops from 2016
Secret Empire contued to make the top ten, but it was Zdarsky, Kubert, and Bellaire's Spider-Man that led what was a pretty blah June,...
The Marvel Rundown: The other Miles Morales’ Homecoming Begins in Spider-Men II #1!
Did you see Spider-Man Homecoming? We did and it was awesome. Marvel is delivering on that Spider-Man high this week with Spider-Men II #1...
SDCC ’17: Bryan Edward Hill to team with Warren Ellis and N. Steven Harris...
In very exciting news, one-time Beat Contributor Bryan Edward Hill is leading the charge on the newest title in Warren Ellis' WildStorm imprint: Michael...
Preview: Scott Free goes to war in MISTER MIRACLE #2
I don't think there's any comic I'm more excited about this year than the next collaboration between Tom King and Mitch Gerads. The Sheriff...
SDCC ’17: The Mignolaverse expands this Winter with three new titles
As I've said many times before on this very site, the Mignolaverse is without any doubt, my favorite ongoing shared universe. From the poetic...
NPR’s list of 100 Favorite Comics is pretty good
As we mentioned earluer today, NPR's Glen Weldon has organized aa titanic survery to name the 100 FAVORITEE Graphic Novels. After soliciting more than...
Comics and Graphic novel sales were up 5% in 2016
...but the only area that showed growth was graphic novel sales.
TOLJA!
ALSO: Graphic novel sales beat periodical sales, $590 million to $405 million.
So please take...
GREEN LANTERN: EARTH ONE by Hardman, Bechko, and Boyd to hit shelves next year
The Earth One line has proven to be a pretty big hit in the bookstore market, with a number of their titles having cracked...
DC REBORN ROUND-UP: DARK DAYS: THE CASTING #1 is the best kind of continuity...
Snyder, Tynion, Lee, Kubert, and Romita cap off one of the stronger event preludes in recent memory
SDCC ’17: Check out this flurry of BLACK PANTHER photos from EW
It's that time again, and just ahead of SDCC, Entertainment Weekly has put out their special Comic-Con Preview issue. This year, the focus is on...
You will always remember where you were when you heard that Funko is making...
Marvel has tried and tried to make the Inhumans cool and this Lockjaw plush from Funko is the closest they've come yet.
The promo material...
